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Letters .Patent No. 63,725, elated April 9, 1867.

IMPROVBMENTIN FENCE POSTS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY --CONCERN Be it known that I, GEORGE IPE, of Kent, in the county of Portage', and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Stool for Fence Posts; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in whichi Figure 1 is a front view of my `improved stool, showing the lower end offa post attached to it.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line :1: x, fig. 1.

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My invention has for its object to furnish au improved stool for fence posts, simple in construction, cheap, and durable, which Will not sag,` and cannot be thrown up by the frost; and it consists of a cast-iron stool for fence posts, formed in the shape and manner hereinafter more fully described.

A. is the stool, which is made of cast iron, cast solid in one piece, and which may be of any desired size, according to the character ofthe soil in which it is to be set, and the character of the posts and fence which it it is designed to support. The 'ends of the base-plate al' of the stool project beyond the sideplates a, as shown in tig. 1. The side-plates-a2 incline towards each other as they rise above thebase-plate al, so thatat the point at which the top-plate a3 is formed they may conforin tothe size of the post 4 which is to be attached to the stool. a.4 is a flange or ear formed upon the front edge of the top-plate a3, which extends up along the side of the post and has a hole forrned through it, through which, and through the hole formed Vin the post, a bolt, B, is passed,

" to secure the said post in place. The post is still further. secured by a tenori or central flange, a, formed across the middle of the upper side of said top-plate as, which enters'a mortise or groove formed in the lower end of the said post, asshown in dotted lines `in fig. l. This construction enables, the post to be securely and firmly attached to the stoolA by a single bolt, as shown in the drawings. It also enables the stool to etiectually resist any tendency ofthe frost to throw the post up, or any tendency of the fence to causethe post te sag.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatcnt- An iinproved stool for fence posts, made of cast iron, cast solid iu one piece, and in substantially the form herein shown' and describedi that is to say, consisting 'of the base-plate a, inclined side-plates a2, and top-plato a3, having flanges a* and a5 formed upon its upper 4sid'eyas and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE IPE.

Witnesses: I

A. J. WATERS, TALBoT GRIELLEY. w 

